China ban Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:18:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Ship Recycling: Cleaner Regulations for the European Union https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ship-recycling-cleaner-regulations-for-the-european-union-20181010/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ship-recycling-cleaner-regulations-for-the-european-union-20181010/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:18:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67366 For decades, the European shipping industry has taken decommissioned vessels to China to be recycled. This practice is popular because of China’s relaxed environmental regulations and high margin of profit for the scrapped metal. However, beginning on January 1, 2019, European ship owners will no longer be able to scrap their ships in China as […]

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